Affirmative and Negative Expressions

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Affirmative and Negative Expressions
You have learned many words that you can use in negative and
affirmative sentences. Here are some you already know in addition
to a few more.
• Remember that Spanish uses a double negative: when a negative
word follows the verb, use no before the verb.
follows the verb
No estoy haciendo nada ahora.
I’m not doing anything now.
• But when you use a negative word before the verb, omit no:
before the verb
Nunca trabajo los domingos.
I never work on Sundays.
Affirmative and negative adjectives agree with the nouns that they
modify.
agrees
algunas empres as
agrees
ninguna muchach a
Vocabulario
Palabras afirmativas y negativas
a menudo, muchas veces often
a veces sometimes
Alguno and ninguno change
to algún and ningún when
they come before a
masculine singular noun.
Estoy buscando algún
trabajo , pero no
encuentro ninguno.
I’m looking for some kind of
a job, but I’m not finding one.
ni…ni neither…nor
o…o either…or
Ya sabes
algo
nada
alguien
nadie
alguno(a)
ninguno(a)
siempre
nunca, jamás
también
tampoco